LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION February 23, 2011 TO: Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB224 by Strama (Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools.), As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Local Government Impact School districts may incur new costs for administrative staff to collect information related to bullying incidents. Costs to collect and report the required information to be included in the annual performance summary could vary widely depending on whether the software systems were local or vendor packages and the complexity of the updates to accommodate the collection and reporting of new bullying data. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: JOB, LXH, JGM, RBl LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION February 23, 2011 TO: Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB224 by Strama (Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools.), As Introduced TO: Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB224 by Strama (Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools.), As Introduced Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB224 by Strama (Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools.), As Introduced HB224 by Strama (Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools.), As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Local Government Impact School districts may incur new costs for administrative staff to collect information related to bullying incidents. Costs to collect and report the required information to be included in the annual performance summary could vary widely depending on whether the software systems were local or vendor packages and the complexity of the updates to accommodate the collection and reporting of new bullying data. Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency 701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: JOB, LXH, JGM, RBl JOB, LXH, JGM, RBl